As mentioned in my earlier BlackBerry® Developer Groups post, September is an exciting month with numerous BlackBerry Developer Groups around the world holding meetups! Now that Chicago, Zurich and Tel Aviv have had their meetings, there are three more groups meeting in the second half of September.

Discussions will revolve around the most recent announcements in the industry, including the BlackBerry® Torch™ 9800 smartphone running BlackBerry® 6 and a preview of the activities at BlackBerry® DEVCON 2010 in San Francisco.

The Edmonton BlackBerry Developers Group will be meeting on September 15th at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald, with special guest speaker Mike Kirkup, Director of Developer Relations from Research In Motion® (RIM). Mike will be presenting his insights on BlackBerry app development. There will also be a draw for a free BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone!

Finally, the New England BlackBerry Developer’s Group is holding its fourth meeting at the Boston Marriott Cambridge on September 21st. The agenda has not yet been finalized, but some potential topics of discussion include: optimizing performance and memory usage, BlackBerry JDE tips & tricks, BlackBerry shared libraries and open source, and advanced UI tricks.

We invite you to start a new group if one doesn’t already exist in your area! Are you planning on attending any of these meetings?

About Paul C.

Paul C. joined Research In Motion (RIM) in 2004 and has held a variety of positions in the organization since then. As a Project Manager for Developer Relations, he is responsible for a number of developer programs and resources including BlackBerry Developer Groups, The BlackBerry Developer Advisory Council and the Developer Issue Tracker. Paul C. also acts as a conduit of information flow between the Developer Relations team and RIM internal development teams. He never carries the same BlackBerry smartphone device for more than two months, but the BlackBerry Bold 9700 is his favorite so far.

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